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    PRODUCT/TECHNOLOG Present holding of NVDs by the defence forces are of second generation and are more of a hindrance than an asset. The author explains the urgent need to enhance and upgrade the night fighting capability of the forces... he Indian Armed Forces and particulary the Army have begun to focus on night fighting capabilities with gency. The need for surveillance and Night Vision Devices (NVDs) by the army and paramilitary forces requires, further development to improve the system in this field. The ‘Amy currently has second generation devices which are termed. more of a hindrance than an asset, It requires new “third generation” TI and night vision devices for soldiers and night Sights for rifles. The difference isin the capability to see at night 1s the latest one have far more advance technology. One of the ‘main reasons forthe long delay has been the failure of defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd to absorb the technology with the help of foreign supplier. —— Seer] (Classification of Night Devices ‘The Night Vision Devices (NVDs) find their major applications in important areas like Government Defence services/Military, Police Department and Paramilitary Forces - Central Industral Security Force (CISF), Borders Security Force (BSF), Assam Rifles, Central Reserve Police Foree (CRPF) and National Security Guard (NSG). Atpresent, the Indian Defence Services are poorly equipped with, the night vision devices, The NVDs held by them are lagging ‘behind in technology and are too few in number. Out ofthe three Defence Services, the Indian Army alone has a requirement of ‘over 30,000 third generation NVDs to meet its requirements as per the present war establishment (WE) authorisation. There isa need to further enhance these holdings as presently only one : Y | Chitin by Por | moo ‘Thermal Imager (Cooled ‘or Uncooled) 11, T1Wpo, Night Sights (Monocular Binocular) tee Laser Range Finder, Target Designator Tand (Tank (Car Sight MSV. (Surveillance) Individual PNY Bino Goggles, HH,Wpn Sights Air Airerafs Sea (DMCs), UAVs | | Boav/Ships (Surveillance) | | (surveillance ‘Night Source: Q-Tech Synergy device is authorised per section. Currently, only one soldier in a {en-man section is authorised to possess an NVG set, but the army ‘wants to increase this ratio to 50 percent of personnel. Also, almost 80 percent of the tanks lacked night fighting capabilites. ‘This short coming has been attended to in some of the tanks and process to equip others isin hand. However, the gap i large and ‘would take time to bridge since both T-72 and T-90 need to be ‘equipped with better NVDs. Market Segmentation by Users and Products ‘The below given figure depicts the demand percentage of Night Vision Devices (NVDs) equipments indifferent segments ‘The demand of Passive Night Vision goggles (PSVGs) is the ‘Demand of NVDs by End Users Paramilitary, | Forces 8% Source: Data compiled by O-Tech Syneray Coast Guard 1% PME PNVG 2% PME WNS 2% TE Wpn Sight 5% myo | highest in the market followed by platform optronies, hand held thermals, Weapon Night Sights (WNS), Thermal Imaging ‘Weapon Sights, Para Military Forces (PMS) Weapon Sights, Para Military Forces (PMS) PNVGs and lastly followed by MSN. Market Structure ‘The Indian Night Vision Device (NVD) market is dominated by ‘ew established players from the organized sector which includes the Public Sector entities. Rather, till date most of the major ‘defence programmes in this segment has been undertaken by Ordnance Factory Board's Opto Electronics Factory (OLF), DRDO and DPSU BEL and that too most of them being through transfer of technology. Unorganized sector (medium/small private manufacturers) exists but docs not comprise of large number. Most of the technology acquired is from reverse engineering, while few others resort to mult sourcing for specific projectitender. Procurements Scenario Till date, India has been able to fulfill most ofits requirement of NVDsthrough imports. As far as the indigenous manufacturing of NVDs is concemed, Bharat Electronies Ltd (BEL) is the biggest supplier of night ‘vision equipment to the armed forces. The company is capable of producing up to 4000 NVDs per month. Note worthily around 70- 80 percent orders have been given to BEL by the Indian Deen ‘Ministry inthe last few years. The DPSU was chosen as a single ‘vendor to supply 32,766 NVGs for paramilitary forces in 2008 in, technical collaboration with Star Defence Systems of Israel and using French Photonies tubes, Subsequently it also was awarded ‘contract in 2013 to supply 30,634 night sights for rifles, rocket launchers and fight machine guns, as well as night vision binoculars and NVGs for the army. tis also understood that BEL, is likely to supply 5000 night vision sights, 1780 of the thermal ‘maging systems would be for BMP-1 infantry fighting flect, 1200 for'T-90 Main Battle Tanks and 2000 for T-72 Main battle tanks. BEL has a tie-up with Elbit Systems Electro Optics Ld. for the local production and support of thermal imaging systems. [Apart from BEL the Ordnance Factory board also produces a large number of night vision devices using the second generation Supergen Image Intensifier Tubes which have been supplied to the Indian Armed Forces. Recently, the state-owned electro- “optics Ordnance Factory in Deharun has been awarded! contract, ‘worth $150 Million to supply the night vision devices to the Indian and paramilitary forces with repeat orders expected. Israel's Elbit Systems and France's Thales have agreed to transfer technology forthe production of fornight-vision systems

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